An article published on December 6, 2017, claimed that Donald Trump’s administration had cut a Veterans Affairs program for homeless veterans while the number of homeless veterans increased.
“Trump ends homeless vets program as their numbers rise for first time in 7 years,” the headline from Shareblue Media runs.
The article, which saw an increase in traffic on Facebook recently, cites a report from Politico.
Politico updated a piece its own Dec. 6 piece one day later to say that “Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has killed a plan to shift money from a major homelessness program” amid heavy backlash from advocacy groups and other government agencies.
The report from Shareblue Media, however, may have been written prior to Shulkin revoking the proposed plan, which occured “late Wednesday”—December 6—as Politico noted. The article was and remains inaccurate in stating in its headline that “Trump ends homeless vets program.”
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